As you win races, you earn cash for upgrading your cars in categories like top speed and handling - or for buying entirely new ones. I didn't use this feature very much, really. This slows the game into bullet time, giving you a few seconds to think fast while the world around you slows down. To engage the speedbreaker, you pull your finger down the screen. I liked this more than an on-screen button, as it reduces the on-screen clutter. To hit the nitrous, you swipe one finger up. To brake, you just tap the screen with a finger. Eventually, I tried to just drift as little as possible, which is too bad because drifting during a race event helps you bank extra cash.Įach of the 3 city areas has a unique look. You really have to jerk your iPhone to make it work sometimes, and if it does not, you end up steering into a wall or oncoming traffic. Very often, this would just not register. To start a drift, you must 'twitch' your iPhone one way or the other to start the slide. This is an unfortunate thing to overlook, especially in the context of drift.

You need a few practice runs to get the sensitivities of the game down because there is no way to recalibrate the controls to your liking.

As your car auto-accelerates, you steer with tilt. Need for Speed Undercover controls fairly well with its combination of tilt and touch. Although the events repeat themselves across the 24 stages, they are nicely spaced so you never do the same thing over and over again unless you purposefully replay prior events. The variety of events, each with different metrics for winning that truly affect how you race, are a very welcome touch. The events span straight-up races, cop chases, escape runs, and vehicle deliveries. In order to advance up the ranks of the underworld, you must win a series of events across the three neighborhoods. The story is told through a series of full-motion video cinema scenes full of ridiculous acting - and not the fun kind of over-acting, like the scenes from Need for Speed Most Wanted.

You are an undercover cop that must slip into the underground racing scene of the Tri-City Bay Area and break up a smuggling ring.

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